The League of Rebels Day Pool 2017 part­nered with Austin Way; The Re­fin­ery hosted Cheeky Sneak Peek; Emancipet’s 18th an­niver­sary lun­cheon was a hot-ticket event; and much more.

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Menswear re­tailer League of Rebels plunged into sum­mer with the help of event part­ner Austin Way, hold­ing the League of Rebels’ Day Pool 2017 at down­town’s lux­ury NorthShore Austin res­i­dences. Pool­side fun in­cluded tunes from DJ Gatsby, drinks fea­tur­ing hand­made Pau Maui Vodka and bites by Night­cap . ... Cre­ative stu­dio The Re­fin­ery hosted a Cheeky Sneak Peek at its new sis­ter work­shop, Owen’s Garage, with Crys­tal Creek Dis­tillery cock­tails, bites from Snap Kitchen and Mag­gie Louise Con­fec­tions, and a pod­cast record­ing of I Was Just Say­ing That fea­tur­ing de­signer Claire Zin­necker . ... Emancipet’s 18th an­niver­sary lun­cheon at the Four Sea­sons Austin, com­plete with a ve­gan menu, raised a record-break­ing $447,000 . ... Ital­ian-Amer­i­can sup­per club Sophia’s raised money for HAAM (Health Al­liance for Austin Mu­si­cians) ev­ery Tues­day in June with celebrity bar­tenders like mu­si­cian AJ Vallejo and We Are Austin’s Tay­lor El­li­son . ... At the South Re­gional Fi­nal of the WeWork’s The Creator Awards at ACL Live, $1.5 mil­lion was awarded to Austin en­trepreneurs. Celebrity in­flu­encers Sophia Bush and Ruthie Lind­sey, and Austin’s Whit­ney Casey and chef Tyson Cole held mas­ter classes . ... Austin Bat Cave’s Lift Off! at Malverde cel­e­brated the non­profit’s an­nual an­thol­ogy, which fea­tures the work of lo­cal chil­dren and teenagers . ... Pop­u­lar Austin jew­eler Nina Ber­e­nato wel­comed guests into her new long-term popup store and workspace at The Domain, where she pre­viewed her lat­est col­lec­tions . ... Austin Fash­ion Week in­tro­duced a new el­e­ment into its an­nual lineup with the black-tie Moda X Mex­ico at The Driskill ho­tel.

“The event was a blend of ev­ery­thing I love about Austin... in an in­spir­ing at­mos­phere.” –MICHELLE PIMM, I WAS JUST SAY­ING THAT POD­CAST CO-HOST, CHEEKY SNEAK PEEK